Francis Augustine Deleglise
1835 – 1894
Born in Canton Valais, Switzerland.
Emigrated to America in 1848.
Enlisted in Co. E. 6th Wis. Vol. Inf. 1861.
Served in the Iron Brigade
under Gen. Bragg. Wounded at Antietam
and taken prisoner at Gettysburg.
Honorably discharged in 1864.
Located the site of Antigo
in the spring of 1877.
Member of the Wisconsin
Legislature in 1893.
He was a truly public spirited
Citizen, generous and energetic.
Marker is at the intersection of Superior Street (U.S. 45) and Milton Street on Superior Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
